Who’s A Rat is a database driven website designed to assist attorneys and criminal defendants with few resources. The purpose of this website is for individuals and attorneys to post and share all information that has been made public at some point to at least 1 person of the public prior to posting it on this site related to local, state and federal informants and law enforcement officers.

The level of professionalism on this site is a little disturbing — I mean, where’d they get the stock photo for the guy in the header graphic, and why pick that one? Does he represent a “rat” of some kind?

As a designer, how would you even approach a project with a subject matter like this? I can imagine the pitch, “We’re thinking of using this photo for the banner, because this guy, well, he just kind of looks shady…”

The Internet has made the world a very small place.

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Comments

Wendisays:

This site will allow anyone to post a profile on anyone. This should not be legal. They are putting people's lives in danger!

Anonymoussays:

whosarat.com is long overdue, kudos to the webmaster.

FORTHERIGHTTOKNOWsays:

Who'sARat is a GREAT site. I have been thinking of doing this myself for several years. This site is legal and a great tool to fight the government with their unethical and illegal methods. COINTELPRO never ended. And for those that think OPERATION TIPS was cancelled. Think again. It has been in place since 1980.

Anonymoussays:

Thank God someone finally came up with the whosarat.com website idea. This corrupt informant situation is out of controll. Whosarat.com may be new to the net scene but from what I hear it has become very popular. You would not believe how many people are talking about the site in a positive way.

Tracysays:

WhosARat.com Continues to Expand in Spite of Criticism by Law Enforcement__

BOSTON, March 06, 2005 - Despite - or perhaps because of - scattered
rumblings by police agencies and ethics watchdog groups, the "rat out
a rat" Web site Who's A Rat (http://www.whosarat.com) has enjoyed
rapid growth in the six months since its launch. The site now
profiles nearly 800 law enforcement agents and informants in an
attempt to assist criminal defendants and their attorneys._

Though Who's A Rat has opted to remove photos of law enforcement
agents in recent months, it has made no other concessions on behalf
of those it names as rats. "Why should we?" asked Who's A Rat
spokesman Anthony Capone. "Who's A Rat exists to provide the facts
about agents and informants who have skeletons in their own closets.
And they can't argue with facts."

Which is precisely why the site is thriving. It receives enough
traffic each day to push its bandwidth usage sky-high. But thanks to
a small army of donors, many of whom wish to remain anonymous, Who's
A Rat can handle the steady flow of visitors it receives.

So just who is interested in finding out Who's A Rat? Most, said
Capone, fall into two groups: Concerned citizens, and people who have
been burned by informants or crooked law enforcement agents and need
information about said informants and agents that could discredit
them in court. Some are there out of curiosity after having read
about the site on a blog or in an article. One was a "Rat of the
Week" who objected to being profiled on the site. And one is a mother
on a mission to find out the truth about her son's murder by a paid
police informant; her story can be found at
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/whosarat/vpost?id=251016.

In spite of protests to the contrary, the operators of Who's A Rat do
not want to see law enforcement officers come to harm. The site's
disclaimer asks users to post information on informants who are
involved only with non-violent crimes; it goes on to state that Who's
A Rat does not promote violence or obstruction of justice. And Who's
A Rat acknowledges that some information posted by users should be
taken with a grain of salt - after all, anyone with a working e-mail
account, anonymous or not, can submit information to the site, which
takes no responsibility for its accuracy.

"The bottom line is that we're providing a free service to people who
may need to dig up dirt on agents and snitches," explained Capone.
"Many of our profiles are backed up with verifiable documentation,
which we also supply for free. We're not here to libel anyone. Who's
A Rat is simply a resource for those who have few options in
defending themselves against paid informants."

Who's a rat website,is good and bad so u have a positive and a negative it could be helpful and harmful to those who indulge.if you support your community some things your not going to tolorate in your community.but overall it is said :mind your own business until people,places,and things put you in it.

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